IELTS Listening Practice Test 21 - with Answers


LISTENING AUDIO

SECTION 1

Questions 1-5

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

Customer details:
• They will be coming to London on (1)
• He's going with his sister and his (2)
Tour details:
• Bus tour
• The cost is (3) £ for adults and (4) £ for children
• Tours start at 7 am and finish at (5)

Questions 6-8

Choose THREE CHOICES from letters A-G.

6-8. Which three places does the tourist decide he's likely to see?

Buckingham Palace

Big Ben

Harrods

Houses of Parliament

Hyde Park

St Paul's Cathedral

London Eye

Questions 9-10

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

9. How will the tourist buy the tickets?

By phone

Online

On the bus

10. How long before he leaves should he buy his tickets?

1 week

6 weeks

3 months

SECTION 2

Questions 11-12

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

11. Each day, pandas need to eat:

Very little nutrition

12-38 kg of bamboo

330 pounds of bamboo

12. If pandas are cared for away from the wild, they can live for approximately:

6 months

14-20 years

30 years

Questions 13-14

Choose TWO CHOICES from letters A-E.

13-14. Select two things that are endangering pandas:

Public awareness

Ecotourism

Poaching

Other wildlife

Building of roads and railroads

Questions 15-16

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER.

15. What proportion of the panda population in China is protected by reserves?
16. What did the WWF create which encouraged people to support pandas?

Questions 17-20

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND / OR A NUMBER.

Reasons that pandas may not be worth saving:
• They are extremely (17) to look after
• They have a diet that is not (18)
• They get sick easily and are hard to breed
Reasons that pandas should not be allowed to die out:
• They are in danger because (19) are damaging the forests
• We should protect their homes because other animals live there
• The number of pandas in the wild is (20) so they will not become extinct

SECTION 3

Questions 21-22

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.

21. What is the problem that the students are having with the project?

The readings are too difficult

The readings are not interesting

The project is taking too long

22. When can extensions be granted?

Problems with planning

Illness or accidents

Scheduling issues

Questions 23-27

Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-G next to questions 23-27.

A knowledge about their customers
B long-term gain
C competition
D customer satisfaction
E employees
F external factors
23. Princeton Windows
24. MK Cars
25. Lakeside Golf
26. Bryson's Meats
27. Mojo's Music Shop

Questions 28-30

Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-F next to questions 28-30.

A It has good managers
B It has been operating for too long
C There aren't enough music shops
D It needs more innovative marketing
E It will close down in the end
F It has a good long-term future
28. Sarah
29. John
30. Neil

SECTION 4

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Behavior of dolphins
• almost 40 species of dolphin
• found (31)
• usually in shallower seas
• carnivores
SOCIALISING
• very sociable and live in pods
• super-pods may have more than (32) dolphins
• have strong social bonds
• help other animals - Moko helped a whale and calf escape from (33)
• have been known to assist swimmers
CULTURE
• discovered in May 2005 that young bottlenose dolphins learn to (34)
• dolphins pass knowledge from mothers to daughters, whereas primates pass to (35)
AGGRESSION
• dolphins may be aggressive towards each other
• Like humans, this is due to disagreements over (36) and competition for females
• Infanticide sometimes occurs and the killing of porpoises
FOOD
• dolphins have a variety of feeding methods, some of which are (37) to one population
• methods include:
• herding
• corralling
(38) or strand feeding
• whacking fish with their flukes
PLAYING
• have a variety of playful activities
• common behaviour with an object or small animal include:
• carrying it along
• passing it along
(39) away from another dolphin throwing it out the water
• may harass other animals
• playful behaviour may include other (40) such as humans
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